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VIDEO: Students encouraged to register to vote on campus

Justin Fitzgerald with the office of student life discusses what the office and other student organizations are doing to get students registered on University Green Thursday for Democracy Day. Students have until Oct. 9 to register to vote in the state of Indiana.


Photo Gallery: Volleyball vs. Toledeo

Ball State took on Toledo Thursday night at Worthen Arena for the MAC opener. The match showed gaps in Ball State's play with sets coming close to a tie. Ball State however would take all three sets to win the match.


Photo Gallery: Volleyball vs. Toledeo

Ball State took on Toledo Thursday night at Worthen Arena for the MAC opener. The match showed gaps in Ball State's play with sets coming close to a tie. Ball State however would take all three sets to win the match.



Suspect in Colorado shootings smiles in court

DENVER - The suspect in the U.S. theater rampage that killed 12 in one of the worst mass shootings in the country's history smiled and glanced around the courtroom Thursday, a marked difference from his dazed, silent appearances in the past. The bright orange hair was gone and was now short and brown. -á



Penn State brings in 9/11 victim fund veteran Feinberg

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The lawyer who ran the Sept. 11 victim fund and other major victim compensation efforts has been hired by Penn State in its effort to settle personal injury claims related to former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's molestation.


Amish guilty of hate crimes in Ohio hair attacks

CLEVELAND - Sixteen Amish men and women were convicted Thursday of hate crimes including forcibly cutting off fellow sect members' beards and hair in a religious dispute that offered a rare and sometimes lurid glimpse into the closed and usually self-regulating community of believers.


Police investigating fired Ind. football coach

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Police have opened a criminal investigation into the longtime, highly successful football coach at Fort Wayne Bishop Luers High School after he was fired over inappropriate video clips found on his computer of students and other people, investigators said Thursday.



Space shuttle Endeavour leaves Texas for new home in Calif.

-á HOUSTON - The space shuttle Endeavour took off atop a modified transport plane from a Houston airport Thursday, beginning its journey to retirement in California, where it will be put on permanent display in a museum.


Space shuttle Endeavour leaves Texas for new home in Calif.

-á HOUSTON - The space shuttle Endeavour took off atop a modified transport plane from a Houston airport Thursday, beginning its journey to retirement in California, where it will be put on permanent display in a museum.


Obama: Extremists used video as 'excuse' to attack

MIAMI - President Barack Obama said Thursday that extremists used an anti-Islam video as an excuse to assault U.S. interests overseas, including an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.